Legendary musician Patti Smith performs her song “My Blakean Year” in the Democracy Now! studio and talks about the influence of poet William Blake (1757–1827). We also air a recording of Smith ...

Rethinking Miltons "Paradise Lost", William Blake examines innocence and experience in this beautiful collection. "Poems of William Blake" combines three classic books of his essential poetry. In "The ...

Like a lot of people, musician Susheela Raman was introduced to William Blake with the poemThe Tyger. When she was older, and moved to the UK from Australia, she would hear the song ‘Jerusalem’ ...

A rare poetry book by William Blake has sold for a staggering £3.4m ($4.3m), making it one of the most valuable ever. The 1794 copy of Songs of Innocence and of Experience, illustrated and printed by ...

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter A rare first-issue print of ...

William Blake, an English poet, painter, and printmaker, stands as a seminal figure in the realms of both art and literature. His works are often characterised by their mysticism, symbolism, and ...

William Blake’s final words before his death in 1827 are said to have been, “I am going to that country which I have all my life wished to see.” But for the better part of two centuries, Blake’s ...

London by William Blake was published in 1794. It tells the story of a speaker walking through the city of London and noticing suffering all around them. London was published in Blake's poetry ...